In 2025, the index of agricultural labour productivity in the EU increased by an estimated 9.2% compared with the previous year. This information is drawn from Eurostat’s first estimates on economic accounts for agriculture, published today.
This productivity increase was driven by an estimated 8.1% rise in real factor income generated by agricultural holdings, and a 1.0% reduction in the volume of agricultural labour.
Agricultural labour productivity increased in 19 EU countries in 2025. The sharpest increases were recorded in Luxembourg (+40.1%), Poland (+33.4%) and Estonia (+30.9%).
By contrast, declines were estimated in 8 EU countries, with the steepest drops in Croatia (-14.9%), Portugal (-10.7%) and Greece (-8.8%).
Source dataset: aact_eaa06
The gross value added by the EU’s agricultural industry went up by 10.3% in 2025, compared with the previous year. During the same period, the value of agricultural output increased by 5.3%, while intermediate consumption increased by 1.5%.
EU agricultural labour productivity 49% higher in 2025 than in 2015
In 2025, the EU agricultural labour productivity was 49.4% higher compared with 2015. In the same period, the index of EU real factor income increased by 20.8%, while the index of agricultural labour input declined by 19.1%.
Source datasets: aact_eaa05, aact_eaa06 and aact_ali02
O artigo foi publicado originalmente em Eurostat.
